Karapet

Karapet or Garabet or Garabed is a common Armenian given name. They may refer to:

• a pre-Christian Armenian thunder-god, Karapet

Religion

• Karabet (Armenian: Կարապետ) or Garabed (Western Armenian), the Armenian name for prodromos, referring to John the Baptist
• St. Karapet, a church of the Noravank monastery
• Saint Karapet Monastery, at Glak, a 4th-century Armenian monastery
• Saint Karapet Monastery of Aprakunis, Armenian monastery in Nakhchivan
• Karapet, a church of the Khtzkonk monastery near Ani
• Saint Karapet Church, Tbilisi, Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia
• St. Karapet's Church, Rostov-on-Don

Given name

Karapet

• Karapet II of Armenia (died 1729), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1726–1729)
• Karapet Agadzhanian (1876–1955), Russian-Armenian psychiatrist, neurologist and neuroanatomist
• Karapet Chalyan (born 1993), Armenian wrestler
• Karapet Chobanyan (born 1927), Armenian scientist
• Karapet Karapetyan (born 1982), also known as Karapet Papijan, Armenian-Dutch kickboxer
• Karapet Mikaelyan (born 1969), Russia-born Armenian football (soccer) player
• Karapet Rubinyan (born 1957), Armenian politician
• Karapet Utudjian (1823–1904), Armenian Ottoman journalist, publicist, and writer
• Karapetê Xaço (died 2005), Armenian singer of traditional Kurdish dengbêj music
• Karapet Yeghiazaryan (1932–2006), Armenian painter
• Karapet (bridge player), fictional Armenian expatriate contract bridge player created by Victor Mollo (1909–1987)

Garabed

• Garabed "Chuck" Haytaian (born 1938), American politician of Armenian origin, who was the Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly
• Garabed T. K. Giragossian (20th century), Armenian engineer
• Garabed Krikorian, 19th-century Armenian photographer
• Garabed Pashayan Khan (1864–1915), Armenian physician, doctor and public activist
• Garo Yepremian (Garabed "Garo" Yepremian) (1944–2015), American football placekicker of Armenian origin

Garabet

• Garabet Amira Balyan (1800–1866), Armenian Ottoman, renowned engineer
• Garabet Artin Davoudian (1816–1873), Armenian Ottoman diplomat and governor
• Garabet Avedissian (born 1959), Uruguayan football manager
• Garabet Ibrăileanu (1871–1936), Romanian-Armenian literary critic and theorist, writer, editor, translator, sociologist, professor
• Garabet Tavitjan (born 1953), Macedonian drummer of Armenian descent
• Garabet Yazmaciyan (1868–1929), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent

Middle name

• Charles Garabed Atamian (1872–1947), French painter of Armenian descent
• Levon Garabed Baljian (1908–1994), Armenian Supreme Patriarch
• Nshan Ara Garabed Topouzian (1966–2010), Armenian Apostolic clergyman
• Sarkis Garabet Soghanalian (1929–2011), Armenian arms dealer

Surname

• Arin Karapet (born 1988), Swedish politician
• Balabekh Karapet (died 1915), Armenian fedayi in the Ottoman Empire

See also

• Karapetyan/Garabedian
• Karo (name)
• Garo (name)